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Διεσφηκωμένον · wasp-waisted (δ 967) · Suda

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Near δ967

δ963I worked zealously
δ964her who has been fucked
δ965gave orders
δ966was thrown about
δ967wasp-waisted
δ968passed through; separated
δ969passes through (?)
δ970was extending
δ971had been extended

Suda/Δ delta/δ967

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Διεσφηκωμένον

wasp-waisted

Translated by James Cousins25 Jun 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

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6 words

Translation

[Meaning] bound tightly around the waist.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διεσφηκωμένον· διαδεδεμένον.

Betacode

*diesfhkwme/non: diadedeme/non.

Notes

Likewise in other lexica. From a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 1072, where the headword -- perfect participle, masculine accusative singular, of diasfhko/omai -- occurs (web address 1). The chorus-leader is referring to his wasp costume; "[t]his effect was obtained presumably by padding the members of the chorus above and below the waist and giving them tight belts" (D.M. MacDowell ad loc.).
cf. generally sigma 1732, sigma 1733, sigma 1734, sigma 1735.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

δ965Διέστειλενgave orders δ966Διεσφαιρίσθηwas thrown about δ967Διεσφηκωμένονwasp-waisted δ968Διέσχενpassed through; separated δ969Δίεταιpasses through (?)

Revision history6 revisions · last 23 Aug 2013

23 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
9 Jul 2012Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2011expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
25 Jul 2011tweaked link — Catharine Roth
27 Jun 2004corrected reference; added x-refs and more keywords — David Whitehead
26 Jun 2004cosmetics, link, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
25 Jun 2004Translated — James Cousins

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διεσφηκωμένον (Adler number delta 967), trans. James Cousins, 25 Jun 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/967

Translation by James Cousins for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗